Land-leveler.



No. 804,625. PATENTED NOV.14,1905. n. A. SAVAGE. LAND LEVBLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ, 1905.

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P'PENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed May 2,1905. Serial No. 258,486.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. SAVAGE, of Mayoworth, in the county ofJohnson and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and ImprovedLand-Leveler, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprehends an improved -construction of land-levelingmachine, more the drivers seat is directly mounted,asupporting-framelocated at the rear of the scraper having a carrying-wheel at each endthat runs behind the scraper, a flexible connection that joins thescraper and supporting-frame, and

I a means under direct'control of the driver for raising and loweringthe cutting edge of the scraper with respect to the wheeled frame.

In its more subordinate features my invention consists in certaindetails of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of whichwill be hereinafter fully described. and pointed out in the appendedclaims. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front perspective view of my improved leveling-machine.Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection of the same, taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,showing the scraper down to its lowermost cutting or scraping position.Fig. 4 is a similar View thereof, showing the scraper elevated to itsleveling position.

In the practical construction my improved leveling machine comprises asupportingframe composed of a transverse beam 1, on the opposite ends ofwhich is fixedly secured stub-axles 2 2, on each of which is mounted acarrier-wheel 3 3. Near each end of the beam 1 is secured verticalstandards 4 4, between which is mounted for vertical ad justmenttheuprights 5 5, which are secured by the bolts and nuts 5* 5 to thestandards 4, which standards are firmly secured to the beam 1 by thebolts and nuts 4 4 as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, by reference towhich it will be seen i the upper ends of the uprights 5 5 have roundedbearings a a" to receive the journal portions 6 of a roller-bar 6, whichis held to its bearings by the fl-shaped metal straps or boxes 7 7, theends of which straddle the upper ends of the uprights 5 5 and are madefast by the bolts 5 5 as shown.

8 designates a hand-lever for turning the roller-bar 6, made fast to thesaid bar and projected forwardly adjacent the drivers seat, as shown.

9 designates the combined scraper and leveling members, which preferablyis a wide and heavy board having a height greater than thesupporting-wheels 3 3 and a length sufiicient to extend at the oppositeends beyond the said wheels 3 3, so the said wheels will run behind thescraper-board on the leveled ground. The board has a metal scraper-plate9 secured to its lower front edge and which is preferably secured to theboard 9 for vertical adjustment.

To the upper edge of the board 9 is secured and extended the full lengththereof a deflector-piece 10 to prevent the dirt as it is scraped upfrom crowding over the upper edge of the board 9 and falling back of it.

To the rear of the board 9, at each end thereof and in alinement withthe outer ends of the roller-bar 6, is secured a chain or similarflexible member 12, and the said chains 12 pass up and over the heads 66 that form the ends of the roller-bar 6 and which have hooks 6, towhich the chains connect in such manner that when the member 6 is rockedrearwardly by the proper manipulation of the lever 8 the scraper andlevelingboard, by reason of the chain winding on the heads 6 of theroller 6, is raised, and to hold the said board to its elevatedpositions a rack-frame 13 is secured to the board 9, with which thelever engages, as shown.

14 designates the drivers seat, which is mounted directly on the upperedge of the board 9 and in such position that the weight of the driveris on the scraper at all times.

15 designates link-brackets secured to the IIO with one team and one manhundreds of tons of dirt can be moved in a day Without danger to team orman, and all the dirt collected or scraped up can be deposited justwhere needed without necessity of the driver leaving his seat andleveled uniformly.

By having the wheels 3 run back of the board 9, running, as it were, onlevel ground, each end of the scraper-board is held to the level onwhich the wheels run.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. A leveling-machine of the character described, which comprises incombination; a wheeled frame, which includes vertical stand ards, and aroller-bar journaled in the upper end of said standards and disposed ina plane parallel with the wheeled frame; a scraperboard located inadvance of the Wheeled frame flexibly hinged to the said wheeled frameto move in a vertical direction and having the draft devices connectedthereto; a drivers seat mounted on the said scraper-board and meansunder control of the driver for elevating the scraper-board and holdingit to its adjusted positions substantially as shown and described.

2. A leveling-machine, comprising in combination, a wheeled frame; ascraper-board hinged to the wheeled frame to move vertically; a driversseat mounted on the upper edge of the scraper-board; a draft meanssecured centrally to the said board and means mounted on the wheeledframe and on the scraper-board, under control of the driver from hisseat for raising the scraper-board and holding it to its adjustedpositions.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with thewheeled frame, said frame including vertically-adjustable standards, aroller-bar journaled on the upper ends of the said standards, said barhaving winding portions at the opposite ends, and a forwardly-projectedlever secured to the bar; of the scraper-board, located in front of thewheeled frame, a seat and a rack member mounted on the upper edge of thesaid board, brackets extended rearwardly from the scraper-board,flexible left members connected to said bracket and wound over the endsof the roller-bar, and flexible hinge connections that join thescraper-bar with the wheeled frame, all being arranged substantially asshown and described.

4. The combination with the wheeled frame member 1, the standardsmounted thereon, the roller-bar journaled in the upper ends of thestandards, said bar having its opposite ends terminating inwinding-heads; the lever secured to the said bar; and the end bracketsprojected forwardly from the frame 1 of the scraper-board 9,said boardbeing of a length so its opposite ends extend beyond the wheels on theframe 1 and of a height greater than that of the wheels, a draft-polefixedly secured to and projected forwardly fromv the board 9; arack-frame projected rearwardly from the upper edge of the board 9 andarranged to cooperate with the hand-lever; angle-brackets projectedrearwardly from the board 9; the drivers seat mounted on the upper edgeof the board, said board 9 having a flexible connection with thelink-brackets that project from the frame 1 and chain connected to theouter ends of the brackets on the rear of the board 9 and wound aboutand secured to the end heads of the roller-bar having the handlever, allbeing arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

DAVID A. SAVAGE.

